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Sales Rank: 75637
Category: Book
Author: Alan Furst
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Studio: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Label: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0375758275
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780375758270
ASIN: 0375758275
Publication Date: October 9, 2001
Release Date: October 9, 2001
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Product Description
September 1939. As Warsaw falls to Hitler?s Wehrmacht, Captain Alexander de Milja is recruited by the intelligence service of the Polish underground. His mission: to transport the national gold reserve to safety, hidden on a refugee train to Bucharest. Then, in the back alleys and black-market bistros of Paris, in the tenements of Warsaw, with partizan guerrillas in the frozen forests of the Ukraine, and at Calais Harbor during an attack by British bombers, de Milja fights in the war of the shadows in a world without rules, a world of danger, treachery, and betrayal.
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 Good effort but flawed December 6, 2008
Like most who have read Alan Furst's books I was captivated by his prose and his character development.
Where he lost me was having the RAF flying Lancaster bombers in the fall of 1940. No doubt the late Roy Chadwick who developed the Lancaster is turning in his grave as the Lanc's first test flight in January of 1941 and it did not fly operationally until 1942.
Furst is often given praise for his research but this blunder is something that should not have happened
Another Furst December 4, 2008
If you've read other Alan Furst novels you know what you are in for. If you haven't , I think you will either love or hate his work. For me, I love the way he develops his characters and his concentration on a period that fascinates me (the how and why a cultured people like the Germans descend into barbarism). While I will admit I can enjoy the fast paced novels of other thriller writers, Furst's novels are very different. The characters are fully developed and become very real to the reader. Bad things happen to people that you come to admire and at the end of each novel you are left wondering about the ultimate fate of other characters.
I won't repeat the synopsis provided elsewhere but I will say if you are interested in WWII, recent Polish history, eastern Europe, or the French resistance I think you will enjoy the novel.
 Another great one from Furst October 12, 2008
Get yourself a comfortable chair and settle in for another of Alan Furst's outstanding novels of clandestine warriors in World War II. As always, his tremendous knowledge of the era is on display, as well as great descriptive writing. You really feel the bite of the wind in the Polish forests in winter. And there's always a phrase or two that makes you say, "That's it exactly." For me it de Milja's describing the Germans as "War's own children." Perfect !
 Read "Night Soldiers" and "Dark Star" first May 25, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If The Polish Officer were the first Alan Furst book I read, I might be reluctant to sample another of his novels. The Polish Officer is too disjointed and reads like a collection of short stories. It simply lacks the story development to draw the reader into a relationship with the characters. However, having already read Night Soldiers and Dark Star, I knew that Furst's wonderful ability to convey the never-ending darkness that gripped Europe in the late 1930s and early 1940s would keep me turning the pages. I look forward to reading more of his books.
Just did not like it March 27, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
I just didn't like this book. Quit reading it at about page 160 because it flipped around too much and no good character development.
Just plain poor writing..hi brow I though.
bummer!
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